Sebastian Barry
Award-winning novelist, playwright and poet Sebastian Barry joins Eoin and Murph for a festive edition of Second Captains Saturday, featuring one of the greatest bids for bonus points, ever.
Dec 28, 2024•44 min
Second Captains Saturday
Eoin McDevitt and Ciarán Murphy are trying to find the Greatest Non-Sportsperson Sportsperson. Guests from around the world reflect on the sporting experiences of their past, their highlights and lowlights, before having their sporting lives ranked on air. From the multi-award winning team behind the hugely popular SC podcast, Second Captains Saturday on RTÉ Radio 1 is the perfect mix of culture, sport, comedy and music. Listen back to the incredible roster of guests over the years below, including former champions Michael Sheen, Malcolm Gladwell, Aisling Bea, Dorothy Cross and Gabby Logan.
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Eileen Walsh
The summer ain't over til it's over and one of our favourite actors Eileen Walsh still has a chance to pip Ardal O'Hanlon to the title in our season finale.
Sep 07, 2024•46 min
Ardal O'Hanlon
With just two weeks to go and Brendan Gleeson still holding on at the top, can Ardal O’Hanlon elbow a fellow national treasure aside?
Aug 31, 2024•42 min
Jan Carson
Award-winning Irish writer and die-hard Jackie Fullerton devotee, Jan Carson joins Eoin and Murph for this week's Second Captains Saturday.
Aug 24, 2024•43 min
John King
In three months' time, America will take to the polls again and John King will be back stationed at the Magic Wall on CNN. But first, let's put his sporting mettle to the test.
Aug 17, 2024•44 min
Colum McCann
He's won most literary prizes worth their salt, but will that tip the scales in Colum McCann's favour in our race to be Greatest Non-Sportsperson Sportsperson 2024? Unlikely.
Aug 10, 2024•47 min
Kirsty Wark
Eoin and Murph have to address a points controversy, before turning to their latest would-be athlete, BBC journalist and broadcaster Kirsty Wark.
Aug 03, 2024•43 min
Móglaí Bap
One-third of West Belfast Irish-language rap group Kneecap, Móglaí Bap AKA Naoise Ó Cairealláin steps up tp the plate in the hopes of scoring more than Brendan Gleeson's 83 points from last week.
Jul 27, 2024•43 min
Brendan Gleeson
A summer of sport wouldn't be complete without more famous faces and cultural icons competing to be named Ireland's Greatest Non-Sportsperson Sportsperson, and this year's contest begins with none other than Brendan Gleeson.
Jul 20, 2024•48 min
The Mary Wallopers
It's a three-way scramble for the Greatest Non-Sportsperson Sportsperson Christmas title as Charles & Andrew Hendy and Seán McKenna of the Mary Wallopers join Eoin and Murph for a chat and a few amazing live performances.
Dec 23, 2023•50 min
Michael Sheen
In our last show of the series, can Michael Sheen pull off the extraordinary feat of pipping Enda Walsh at the post and become our Greatest Non-Sportsperson Sportsperson for 2023?
Sep 09, 2023•47 min
Annie Mac
Over the course of a 17 year career on BBC Radio 1, Annie Mac became one of the most beloved broadcasters and most influential DJs in the UK. Does she have it in her to put Macúl to the sword in our penultimate show of the series, though?
Sep 02, 2023•44 min
Radie Peat
A member of Dublin's Mercury Prize-nominated band Lankum, Radie Peat puts her sporting pride on the line.
Aug 26, 2023•43 min
Enda Walsh
Joining the race to snatch first place on the Greatest Non-Sportsperson Sportsperson leaderboard is one of Ireland's best playwrights and screenwriters, Enda Walsh
Aug 19, 2023•47 min
Conan O'Brien - Extended Version
In a very special show, one of the most iconic American broadcasters and comedians of the last three decades, Conan O'Brien joins Eoin and Murph in this extended version of the original broadcast.
Aug 12, 2023•54 min
Theo Dorgan
Theo Dorgan is one of the finest Irish poets of his generation, but how will he fare under Murph's scrutiny? With a completely made up scoring system, it's ... hard to say.
Aug 05, 2023•47 min
Samantha Barry
From her desk in One World Trade Centre, Editor-in-Chief of Glamour, Samantha Barry makes her play for the title of Ireland's Greatest Non-Sportsperson Sportsperson.
Jul 29, 2023•47 min
Irvine Welsh
Second Captains Saturday is back for another summer and kicking off this year's series is the author of the one of the most iconic books of the last thirty years, Irvine Welsh.
Jul 22, 2023•48 min
NYE Special
Multi-award winning authors Sinéad Gleeson and Roddy Doyle are friends, huge football fans and for one day only, Greatest Non-Sportsperson Sportsperson opponents.
Dec 31, 2022•48 min
Jennifer Walshe
It's the final show of the season and after a storming performance from Kit de Waal, world-renowned composer and vocalist Jennifer Walshe is the only contender with a shot at knocking her off top stop and claiming the title of Greatest Non-Sportsperson Sportsperson 2022.
Sep 10, 2022•49 min
Kit de Waal
With two episodes to go in this series of Second Captains Saturday, novelist Kit de Waal will be looking to dethrone Fiona Shaw, who currently sits atop the Greatest Non-Sportsperson Sportsperson leaderboard. She joins Eoin and Murph to talk about her amazing life story, one which began among the Irish immigrant community in 1960s Birmingham.
Sep 03, 2022•50 min
Brian Gleeson
Last week, Fiona Shaw grabbed on to top spot on the Second Captains Saturday leaderboard. Brian Gleeson, her fellow Irish actor and star of what looks like a massive summer hit, Apple TV's "Bad Sisters" will look to make her reign a short one as he joins Eoin and Murph.
Aug 28, 2022•47 min
Fiona Shaw
Fiona Shaw, one of the greatest actors, on both stage and screen, of her generation, joins Eoin and Murph on Second Captains Saturday as she looks to knock Nick Hornby off the top of the Greatest Non-Sportsperson Sportsperson leaderboard.
Aug 20, 2022•48 min
Mick Lynch
Two months ago, RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch was, in his own words, an obscure trade union leader. He's since become one of the most recognisable faces in the UK, leading railway strikes and emerging as one of the most vocal critics of the Conservative government in Britain. He joins Eoin and Murph on Second Captains Saturday.
Aug 13, 2022•48 min
William Finnegan
For four decades, William Finnegan has been an award-winning war reporter with the New Yorker magazine. He's also lived a sometimes secret second life as a surfer, chasing waves around the world. He joins Eoin and Murph on Second Captains Saturday.
Aug 06, 2022•46 min
Anne Enright
Anne Enright, Booker Prize-winning author and Ireland's first ever Laureate for Fiction, has never been sure about this whole sport business. Does she hold out high hopes to become Ireland's Greatest Non-Sportsperson Sportsperson? In short... No. One of Ireland's greatest contemporary writers joins Eoin and Murph on Second Captains Saturday.
Jul 30, 2022•47 min
Nick Hornby
Second Captains Saturday is back and we're delighted to be joined for the first episode of the series by the author of some of our favourite books, Nick Hornby. Sure, he's a two-time Oscar-nominated screenwriter, but can he take the title of Ireland's greatest non-sportsperson sportsperson?
Jul 23, 2022•44 min
Orla Guerin
Orla Guerin is a renowned war correspondent for the BBC. She spent time as Pakistan correspondent, where she built up knowledge of the Taliban. As the US withdraws from Afghanistan, & the Taliban are in power once again, we get an insight into what life is going to be like for those left behind.
Sep 04, 2021•51 min
Johnny Watterson
Johnny Watterson of The Irish Times is one of the best sportswriters in the country but his work has gone far beyond sport. He was the journalist responsible for one of the bravest and most significant moments in Irish journalism history when he broke the story and the truth about George Gibney for the first time in the Sunday Tribune in 1994
Aug 28, 2021•51 min
Yvonne Farrell
Yvonne Farrell set up Grafton Architects in 1978 along with her friend Shelley McNamara, and they’ve gone on to become two of the most decorated architects on the globe. But how will Yvonne fare in the quest to become Second Captains Greatest Non-Sportsperson Sportsperson?
Aug 21, 2021•50 min
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